Friday, September 17, 2010

Evening jacket

black evening jacket, Haute Couture, Elsa Schiaparelli, Paris 1938

Fashion and Haute Couture history. Surrealistic evening jacket designed by Elsa Schiaparelli in 1938. It was made of  black marocain wool with mirrored paillettes (resembling lambchop beefs).

detail

Photos copyright Victoria & Albert Museum

2 comments:

  1. I like the garment itself, though it would look better without the gemstone design near the buttons.

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  2. Thank you for your opinion! I personally love it and understand why Billyboy chose to make a hommage of this.

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